Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide. Dante Alighieri More Quotes by Dante Alighieri More Quotes From Dante Alighieri The man who lies asleep will never waken fame, and his desire and all his life drift past him like a dream, and the traces of his memory fade from time like smoke in air, or ripples on a stream. Dante Alighieri dreammemorieslying The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. Dante Alighieri fashionchangemen Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I shall endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here. Dante Alighieri paincitiespeople They had their faces twisted toward their haunches and found it necessary to walk backward, because they could not see ahead of them. ...And since he wanted so to see ahead, he looks behind and walks a backward path. Dante Alighieri pathfaceslooks The experience of this sweet life. Dante Alighieri sweet-lifesweet Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on. Dante Alighieri preachinggivingworld Less shame a greater fault would palliate. Dante Alighieri shamefaultsgreater Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to hedge, Fleeter than a flash, in the battering dog-day weather, A fiery little monster, livid, in a rage, Black as any peppercorn, came and made a dart At the guts of the others, and leaping to engage One of the pair, it pierced him at the part Through which we first draw food; then loosed its grip And fell before him, outstretched and apart. Dante Alighieri dogjusticeweather Infinite goodness has such wide arms. Dante Alighieri armsinfinitegoodness In His will, our peace. Dante Alighieri There is a place in Hell called the Malebolge. Dante Alighieri hell Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water. Dante Alighieri airwatermen Many have justice in their hearts, but slowly it is let fly, for it comes not without council to the bow. Dante Alighieri bowsjusticeheart Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. Dante Alighieri humorblowcommitment If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair hands, t o please me when I stand before the mirror; my sister Rachel sits all the day long before her own, and never moves away. She loves to contemplate her lovely eyes; I love to use my hands to adorn myself: her joy is in reflection, mine in act. Dante Alighieri flowereyemoving We have no hope and yet we live in longing. Dante Alighieri no-hopelonging It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. Dante Alighieri pleasure No sorrow is deeper than the remembrance of happiness when in misery. Dante Alighieri remembrancesorrowsuffering You shall find out how salt is the taste of another man's bread, and how hard is the way up and down another man's stairs. Dante Alighieri tastemenway Give unto us this day the daily manna Without which, in this desert where we dwell, He must go backward who would most advance. Dante Alighieri spiritualitydesertgiving
